Towards a social impact model of dam projects: an analysis of compensation for local residents in the planned site over project cancellation

本研究的目的是概念化的大坝项目的社会影响模型，借鉴战后日本的作品。大坝建设的社会影响分析不仅可以用于大坝项目已经完成的情况，也可以用于大坝项目已经取消的情况。尽管后者引起了公众的广泛关注，但尚未引起学术界的应有关注。因此，笔者选取中部和小川两个被取消的水坝工程案例，分析其社会影响，结果表明，水坝工程对当地居民造成了一定的负面影响，其中最大的影响是终身被剥夺了权利。因此，我确定了五个要素，这五个要素对于建立大坝项目的社会影响模型至关重要。它们是：（1）规划地点周围的地方，（2）重建生计，（3）开发库区，（4）重新考虑项目，（5）取消项目。

This study aimed at conceptualizing a social impact model of dam projects, drawing upon the works in post-war Japan. A social impact analysis of dam construction can be used not just in cases when dam projects have been completed, but also when they have been cancelled. Notwithstanding its wider public concern, the latter has not attracted due academic attention. Therefore, I selected two cases of cancelled dam projects, namely those in Chubu and in Ogawa, to analyze their social impact.My findings illustrate that those dam projects have caused some adverse impacts on local residents, the severest of which is deprivatiton of their lifetime. By this token, I have identified five elements that are central to establishing a social impact model of dam projects. They are (1) the localities surrounding the planned sites, (2) the re-establishment of livelihood, (3) the development of reservoir areas, (4) the reconsideration of projects, and (5) the cancellation of projects.